Name/Title
Notecard, Country Print Notes: Country Cooking Notes 334, Kitchen Garden (TK)Description
A notecard with a five-screen/seven-color silkscreen print on off-white linen affixed to a printed and folded textured notecard. The image depicts cut and potted herbs (dill, thyme, chive, sage) in cast iron pots, a wooden bowl and a glass bottle. Salad servers, a painted tin oil pitcher, a mezzaluna chopper and a copper tea kettle complete the composition.
The textile is framed by a dark ochre border printed on the notecard. On the back of the notecard is Wert’s logo topped with a rooster on a skimming spoon and the type, “robert darr wert’s COUNTRY PRINTS NOTES hand printed on pure linen”. Two smaller spoons dangle from the handle of the skimming spoon. Within the bowls of the spoons are a “C” and and “R” for “copyright” and “registered trademark”.
On reverse, a handwritten “50” in pencil may indicate the original retail pricing.
This design is one of a set of six Country Cooking Notes from the Country Print Notes line. It is listed in the Spring 1958 Country Prints price list, and appeared in the c.1960 brochure “Mats Sets by Robert Darr Wert/Country Prints”. It was also produced as a framed print.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Country PrintsDate made
circa 1956Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Location
Gill MA.Continent
North AmericaInscription/Signature/Marks
‘robert darr wert’s COUNTRY PRINT NOTES hand printed on pure linen’, lower left corner on card back.
Card contains an undated, handwritten note, in handwriting learned in the early 20th century:
My Dear Mrs. Brown,
I am so sorry that I will not be with you Thursday, July 16th for the Mid-Western Antiques Club study group picnic. You are such a thoughtful and charming hostess that I regret it very much.
Have a wonderful time.
Sincerely
Miriam DiCosola/DiCopola/DiEpolaDimensions
Dimension Description
Notecard ClosedHeight
6-1/4 inWidth
4-1/4 inDimension Description
Notecard OpenHeight
6-1/4 inWidth
8-1/2 inDimension Description
Linen PrintHeight
5-3/4 inWidth
3-3/4 inMaterial
Cardstock, Bleached Linen, Textile Ink, GlueColors
Color
Blue, Light Brown, Light Yellow, Black, Brick Red, Dark Green, CopperColor Notes
Overprinting produces two additional colors: dark green and copper.
